the pesidents
the pesidents
The Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces is the President of the United States - so his duties are the same as the President.
The reason that the President is Commander-in-Chief is because in a democracy the armed forces must be controlled by elected civilians, rather than the other way around.
the pesidents
Executive branch (this would be the President of the US)
The US President is commander-in-chief of all the armed forces of the USA, so that includes the US Marines.
McClelland then Grant. Robert E. Lee was Lincoln's fist choice to lead the union army at the beginning of the war but, Lee said "I cannot fight against my own birthplace." So they chose Winfield Scott as commander.
The term "Supreme Commander" was invented for General Dwight Eisenhower in World War 2. There is no such title since then. However, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces today is President Obama.
According to Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to declare war. But the President is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The President is the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces.
As explicitly stated in the US Constitution, the president is Commander in Chief of the US armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
The Commander in Chief of all US Armed Forces is the President of the United States.
The commander and chief of US armed forces is President Barak Obama.
In the US, the elected official who is, per the US Constitution, the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces is the President.
He is commander-in-chief of all US armed forces.
Per the Constitution, the President of the US is the Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces
The US President, per the Constitution, is the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces